Round 8 v Bulldogs (Team List)

[madunit]

so who's out, Miller or Sironen?

 

[azsportza]

Now he has backflipped saying he doesn't have clearance from the club doctor to play tomorrow night.

 

[azsportza]

It appears that Benji Marshall will play HALFBACK if he is cleared fit to play tomorrow night.

Wests Tigers: "Potter named Jacob Miller at half-back on Tuesday for the Bulldogs match tomorrow night. Marshall and Miller both trained at half-back at the team’s final training run this morning."

Official update: http://www.weststigers.com.au/news-display/Final-decision-still-to-be-made-on-Benji-Marshall/73697

 

[azsportza]

A few quotes from the Mick Potter interview on 2SM 1269AM

"What I am really pleased with is Jack Buchanan…He is one of main props, really happy with how he is going"

Potter says Marshall will go through a fitness test tomorrow morning after making through most of todays training season

"[Benji Marshall] will probably play 7…I don’t think there is a reason to change two positions”

"[Jacob Miller] started okay…he took his foot off the gas taking the line one. I was happy to bring him back this week"

"They just messed up a couple of simple defensive decisions” – Commenting on young players from Saturday Night vs. Broncos

“James Graham – I would have liked to see him have one more week on the sideline”

 

[Shanghai Charlie]

Totally. I was being sarcastic btw.
If he hasn't trained all week and includes himself at the last minute, its selfish.

Selfish?

Plenty of players dont train yet play, especially at end of career or struggling with injury.

 

[Matchball]

Why bother training then?
You can work all week to create set play and gel with the half but it all gets thrown out the window because a senior feels fit when he really isn't 100%.

Its a shit go but whatever. Wasted time on the training paddock.

 

[hutch]

Why bother training then?
You can work all week to create set play and gel with the half but it all gets thrown out the window because a senior feels fit when he really isn't 100%.

Its a shit go but whatever. Wasted time on the training paddock.

That's ridiculous. Marshall at 50% is more of an asset to the team than miller at 100%. You don't 'gel' in 4 days of training anyway, the team is a hell of a lot better off if he plays. Instead of whinging about it, try looking it from the angle that he has done everything possible to get fit for the team and realises that this is an important game that we need to win.

 

[madunit]

Marshall at 7

Sigh

 

[FootynRacing]

Marshall at 7

Sigh

Was hoping we never had to see him in a 7 jersey again

 

[37916319]

The up side is that we won't see Farah in the 7 again. Post match V broncos Potter suggested Farah can play at 7. They both had a laugh, Farah said he'll wear the 97 jersey.

 

[madunit]

Farah is a better 7 than Benji and possibly anyone else at the club, but Farah is better at hooker & should stay there

 

[Radical Rat]

Totally. I was being sarcastic btw.
If he hasn't trained all week and includes himself at the last minute, its selfish.

Surely you are taking the piss. You would rather Miller over Benji because Benji hasn't trained all week! Absolutely ludicrous.

 

[azsportza]

No excuses for that performance tonight –*Injuries are not causing us to have horrible defensive reads.